Meet Tai Shan

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Chewing on grass Giant panda cub Tai Shan sits and chews on grass in the morning at the Giant Panda Habitat at the Smithsonian National Zoological Park in Washington, D.C. Weighing more than 62 pounds, Tai Shan (whos name means peaceful mountain in Chinese) turned one-year-old on July 9, 2006 and has helped draw an estimated 1.2 million visitors to the habitat since his December 2005 debut. The new $10 million Fujifilm Giant Panda Habitat is scheduled to open and will be a state-of-the-art research facility and add more than 12,000 square feet to the pandas' outdoor exhibit.

Chewing on grass Giant panda cub Tai Shan sits and chews on grass in the morning at the Giant Panda Habitat at the Smithsonian National Zoological Park in Washington, D.C. Weighing more than 62 pounds, Tai Shan (whos name means peaceful mountain in Chinese) turned one-year-old on July 9, 2006 and has helped draw an estimated 1.2 million visitors to the habitat since his December 2005 debut. The new $10 million Fujifilm Giant Panda Habitat is scheduled to open and will be a state-of-the-art research facility and add more than 12,000 square feet to the pandas' outdoor exhibit. (Getty Images/Chip Somodevilla)

Searching for melon balls Giant Panda cub Tai Shan searches for melon balls with his mother, Mei Xiang, in the morning at the Giant Panda Habitat at the Smithsonian National Zoological Park August 30, 2006 in Washington, DC. Weighing more than 62 pounds, Tai Shan (whos name means peaceful mountain in Chinese) turned one-year-old on July 9, 2006 and has helped draw an estimated 1.2 million visitors to the habitat since his December 2005 debut. The new $10 million Fujifilm Giant Panda Habitat is scheduled to open Sept. 20, 2006 and will be a state-of-the-art research facility and add more than 12,000 square feet to the pandas' outdoor exhibit.

Searching for melon balls Giant Panda cub Tai Shan searches for melon balls with his mother, Mei Xiang, in the morning at the Giant Panda Habitat at the Smithsonian National Zoological Park August 30, 2006 in Washington, DC. Weighing more than 62 pounds, Tai Shan (whos name means peaceful mountain in Chinese) turned one-year-old on July 9, 2006 and has helped draw an estimated 1.2 million visitors to the habitat since his December 2005 debut. The new $10 million Fujifilm Giant Panda Habitat is scheduled to open Sept. 20, 2006 and will be a state-of-the-art research facility and add more than 12,000 square feet to the pandas' outdoor exhibit. (Getty Images/Chip Somodevilla)